Donna Vekic and Alize Cornet will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11 am on the Melbourne Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Donna Vekic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Donna Vekic is the pick to win this match.
Donna Vekic -> 1.44
Alize Cornet -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Alize Cornet
Head 2 Head
This will be the 2nd time that Donna Vekic and Alize Cornet fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cornet (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Cornet won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Monterrey back in 2017.
Donna Vekic
Ranked no. 20, the Croatian got to the 2nd round after defeating Maria Sharapova 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Donna had a good straight sets win against Sharapova (6-3 6-4). During the match Vekic scored 57 points vs Sharapova’s 50. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Vekic blasted 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Donna Vekic lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Vekic put 52% of her first serves in, winning 66% (21/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the 2nd serve. Vekic was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Sharapova 4 times.
Vekic has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (645-569). 3-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Vekic has a 191-168 record in the last 10 years on hard.
The Croatian has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Croatian capitulated in the 2nd round 6-4 4-6 6-1 to Kimberly Birrell.
Alize Cornet
Ranked no. 61, Cornet reached the 2nd round after defeating Monica Niculescu 5-7 6-1 6-0.
In the 1st round against Niculescu, The French Player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-0). During the match Cornet scored 91 points vs Niculescu’s 62. The French Player was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Cornet blasted 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Alize Cornet lost the serve 3 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Cornet put 66% of her first serves in, winning 73% (37/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Alize broke Niculescu 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).
Cornet has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (705-594). 4-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Cornet has a 251-217 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Cornet has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2020, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Cornet lost in the 2nd round 6-3 4-6 6-0 to Venus Williams.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vekic | Cornet |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 25 |
| Pts | 57-50 | 91-62 |
| Total Points | 107 | 153 |
| Winners | 21 | 37 |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% |
Both Vekic and Cornet played 1 matche. At the moment, Alize Cornet lost 1 set while Donna Vekic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Vekic has played 1 sets less than Cornet (2 vs 3). Therefore, Vekic played 6 games less than Cornet. Donna scored 21 winners (37% on total points). On the other side, Cornet blasted 37 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vekic | Cornet |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 32/61 | 51/77 |
| %1st in | 52% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 21/32 | 37/51 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 11/26 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 42% |
Vekic blasted 3 aces . Cornet blasted 2 aces . Vekic won 66% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Cornet won 73% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vekic | Cornet |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 100% | 58% |
| Conceded | 6 | 11 |
| Saved | 4 | 8 |
| % Saved | 67% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Donna broke her opponent 4 times with 100% conversion rate. Vekic conceded her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Cornet broke her opponent 7 times with 58% conversion rate. The French Player conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded.
| Vekic | |||
| R1 Sharapova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 57-50 | 57-50 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 32/61 | 32/61 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 21/32 | 21/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Cornet | |||
| R1 Niculescu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 91-62 | 91-62 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/77 | 51/77 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 37/51 | 37/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 11/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 27% | 27% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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